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Use Of Body Scanner Machines: The Right To Privacy

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Have you ever gone to the airport and asked to go into a body-scanner machine? Did it bother you? If so, you are not alone. Like you, there are many people that are against this. They argue that it is against our fourth amendment right to privacy. But, should our privacy be more valuable than our nation’s security?

Not having a strong secure nation, puts us at risk of having a big terrorist attack happen again and killing hundreds of innocent American citizens. But, for many Americans privacy is also a big important issue and the government taking it away from them in anyway, can be insulting. Going back to the example, of being asked to go through a body-scanner machine at the airport. People, who argue against airport body-scanner machines like, Jay Stanley a privacy expert in the ACLUs Washington office, argue that this is “Giving the government the authority to scrutinize your body is a tremendous invasion of privacy…” (Argument: Body scanners at airports violate privacy. (n.d.). Retrieved October 21, 2015. ) …show more content…

They believe that these scans taken of children by the body-scanners can be distributed as child pornography. ( Child protections: Do full-body scanners protect rights of minors? (n.d.). Retrieved October 21, 2015. )
These people also believe that these machines go against the fourth amendment due to it violating cultural sensitivities. For Muslims this is, officers monitoring the scanners and seeing their bodies. As they believe that one’s own body should not be seen by another person especially the opposite sex. (Weinreb, A. (2010, January 8). Full body scanners; it’s just common sense. Retrieved October 21,

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